My dad and dialysis
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:55 pm
Dear all,
this is my first post, so first of all if this has been covered elsewhere I apologise.
My dad is 81 and had been living with Kidney Disease for 4 years with his kidneys hanging on working at about 18%. In his last check they have dropped to 8% and from talking to my mum we believe that in two weeks they will start the process for him to go onto dialysis 3 times a week. I know that the first step of this will be him having a wee procedure to get a fistula to enable that to happen.
The reason that I am posting is that from what I have heard there are two options for dialysis, the first at the local hospital in the morning to receive it, and the second with a machine at home. My dad will want it at home as he has been in and out of hospital with several serious things and is understandably scared of being in the place for any length of time. My mum, although she was a nurse in years gone by does not have the confidence to perform the procedure given her advancing years.
My question is, is there a way to get a nurse, a district nurse, or even a private nurse to come out and do the procedure for my dad? Has anyone done this before? If need be paying for it is an option to set my dad's mind at rest. Right now I don't even know where to ask to kick this off.
Thank you for your time,
Ken
this is my first post, so first of all if this has been covered elsewhere I apologise.
My dad is 81 and had been living with Kidney Disease for 4 years with his kidneys hanging on working at about 18%. In his last check they have dropped to 8% and from talking to my mum we believe that in two weeks they will start the process for him to go onto dialysis 3 times a week. I know that the first step of this will be him having a wee procedure to get a fistula to enable that to happen.
The reason that I am posting is that from what I have heard there are two options for dialysis, the first at the local hospital in the morning to receive it, and the second with a machine at home. My dad will want it at home as he has been in and out of hospital with several serious things and is understandably scared of being in the place for any length of time. My mum, although she was a nurse in years gone by does not have the confidence to perform the procedure given her advancing years.
My question is, is there a way to get a nurse, a district nurse, or even a private nurse to come out and do the procedure for my dad? Has anyone done this before? If need be paying for it is an option to set my dad's mind at rest. Right now I don't even know where to ask to kick this off.
Thank you for your time,
Ken